La Belle Edmee

La Belle Edmee

Author: Suzanne Prou

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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"A unique setting, that of a southern city that dozes in the sound of fountains, in the shade of plane trees. An environment, the provincial bourgeoisie where the rites of what we say are perpetuated and which survives all the catastrophes of history. In this immobile little world frozen in its principles, here is Edmée with her thirst for life, her taste for pleasure, fascinated by..."--Goodreads


A Killing Rain

A Killing Rain

Author: Faye Snowden

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-06-21

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1787586146

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Dark, Southern gothic tale of homicide detective Raven Burns, with a complicated past and a desperate case to solve. Black Girls Lit recommends the first book, A Killing Fire "to crime fiction and mystery lovers and fans of Ruth Ware and Gillian Flynn.” “Full-bodied and dynamic characters carry this one along a mystery, tying a brutal past with a bloody present that will keep you guessing right up to the finale.” — Unnerving Magazine on Book 1 in the series. After former homicide Raven Burns returns to Byrd’s Landing, Louisiana to begin a new life, she soon finds herself trapped by the old one when her nephew is kidnapped by a ruthless serial killer, and her foster brother becomes the main suspect. To make matters worse, she is being pursued by two men— one who wants to redeem her soul for the murder Raven felt she had no choice but to commit, and another who wants to lock her away forever. FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress


Romantic Vision

Romantic Vision

Author: Robert Godwin-Jones

Publisher: Summa Publications, Inc.

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9781883479060

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A thematic study of some forty novels by George Sand. Well-suited for the scholar and undergraduate reader. "...a solid study. ...this work has its place in an extensive collection on an author who has captured much scholarly attention over the past 20 years." --Choice.


George Sand and the Nineteenth-century Russian Love-triangle Novels

George Sand and the Nineteenth-century Russian Love-triangle Novels

Author: Dawn D. Eidelman

Publisher: Bucknell University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780838752692

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Mauprat features Edmee, a self-actualizing "woman as hero" protagonist. Here the notion of "fiction of relationship" emerges, as male Russian authors created tragic, idealized woman characters who could never really live up to the "terrible perfection" with which they were endowed.